How do I convert hourly wage to annual salary?

Multiply the hourly rate by the hours you work per week and the paid weeks per year. The US full-time default is 40 hours × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours/year. So $25/hr × 2,080 = $52,000/year. If you take two weeks of unpaid vacation, use 50 weeks (2,000 hours) and the same $25/hr becomes $50,000/year.

How much is $20 an hour annually?

At 40 hours/week × 52 weeks = 2,080 hours, $20/hour = $41,600/year. That's about $3,467/month, $1,600 biweekly, or $800/week (all before taxes). Drop to 50 weeks (with unpaid PTO) and it's $40,000/year.

How much is a $50,000 salary per hour?

Divide the salary by annual hours. $50,000 / (40 × 52) = $24.04/hour at 2,080 hours. If you take unpaid PTO (50 weeks, 2,000 hours), a $50K salary equals $25.00/hour.

What's the difference between biweekly and semi-monthly pay?

Biweekly pays every 2 weeks — 26 checks per year. Semi-monthly pays twice a month (typically the 15th and last day) — 24 checks per year. Because 26 ≠ 24, biweekly paychecks are slightly smaller than semi-monthly paychecks on the same annual salary, but you get 2 extra per year.

Should I use 50 or 52 weeks per year?

Use 52 if you're paid for every week of the year (including paid time off / vacation). Use 50 if you take 2 weeks of unpaid time off — common for contractors and hourly workers without paid vacation. The difference on a $25/hour wage is $52,000 vs $50,000 per year.

Is this gross or net pay?

This calculator shows gross pay (before taxes and deductions). To estimate net take-home pay, subtract federal income tax, state income tax, Social Security (6.2%), and Medicare (1.45%) — typically 20-30% of gross for a middle-income US earner.

Hourly to Salary Calculator

Our hourly to salary calculator is bidirectional: enter an hourly rate and we compute what you earn across every pay period in a year, or enter an annual amount and we back-solve the hourly rate that produces it. By default, we assume 40 hours per week and 52 paid weeks per year (2,080 hours), but you can drop weeks to 50 if you take two weeks of unpaid time off, or raise hours to 45 / 50 / 60 for overtime-heavy roles. This is the single cleanest way to answer 'how much is $25 an hour annually?' ($52,000) or 'what hourly rate equals a $100,000 salary?' ($48.08/hr at 40×52). Every line item — weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, yearly — is computed from the same base number of annual hours so the math stays internally consistent.

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Conversion Mode

Hourly Rate

$ /hr

Hours per Week

Weeks per Year

Annual Hours

2,080 hrs/yr

= hours per week × weeks per year

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Annual Gross

$52,000

$25.00/hr × 2,080 hrs

Hourly $25.00

Daily (5 days/wk) $200.00

Weekly $1,000.00

Biweekly (26/yr) $2,000.00

Semi-monthly (24/yr) $2,166.67

Monthly $4,333.33

Quarterly $13,000.00

Yearly $52,000.00

All figures are gross pay (before taxes). Deduct ~20-30% for federal + state + FICA to estimate take-home.

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Conversion Mode

Hourly rate to annual salary

Annual salary to hourly rate

Hourly Rate ($)

Annual Salary ($)

Hours per Week

Weeks per Year

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• Use 2,080 hours (40 × 52) as the US full-time standard — it's the baseline most HR systems assume
• If you take two weeks of unpaid PTO, set weeks per year to 50 — that's 2,000 paid hours and drops a $25/hr wage from $52K to $50K
• Biweekly (every 2 weeks) pays 26 checks/year, not 24 — so biweekly gross ≠ semi-monthly gross
• Salaried roles usually pay semi-monthly (24 checks) while hourly roles usually pay biweekly (26) — the distinction matters for budgeting
• A useful shortcut: hourly rate × 2 ≈ salary in thousands at 2,000 hours (e.g. $30/hr ≈ $60K/yr, $50/hr ≈ $100K/yr)
• This tool computes gross pay only — subtract ~20-30% for federal + state + FICA taxes to estimate take-home
• For freelance or contract rates, bump the hourly number by roughly 30% to cover self-employment tax, health insurance, and unpaid vacation

How to Use This Calculator

Pick conversion mode

Choose 'Hourly to Salary' or 'Salary to Hourly'.

Enter your rate or salary

Type the hourly rate (e.g. $25) or the annual salary (e.g. $52,000).

Adjust hours and weeks

Default is 40 hrs/week × 52 weeks. Drop weeks to 50 if you take two weeks of unpaid PTO, or adjust hours for overtime-heavy roles.

Read every pay-period amount

The calculator shows hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly gross pay instantly.

The Formula

The conversion runs through a single scalar: AnnualHours = HoursPerWeek × WeeksPerYear. Multiply hourly by AnnualHours to get yearly, or divide yearly by AnnualHours to get hourly. Pay-period splits (weekly, biweekly, etc.) come from dividing the annual amount by the standard US pay-period counts: 52, 26, 24, 12, 4.

Annual = Hourly × HoursPerWeek × WeeksPerYear | Hourly = Annual / (HoursPerWeek × WeeksPerYear)

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Hourly Wage per hour
HoursPerWeek Hours worked per week (typically 40)
WeeksPerYear Paid weeks per year (52 full year, 50 with two weeks unpaid PTO)
Annual Gross annual salary
Weekly Annual / 52
Biweekly Annual / 26
Semi-monthly Annual / 24
Monthly Annual / 12
Quarterly Annual / 4

tips_and_updates Pro Tips

Use 2,080 hours (40 × 52) as the US full-time standard — it's the baseline most HR systems assume

If you take two weeks of unpaid PTO, set weeks per year to 50 — that's 2,000 paid hours and drops a $25/hr wage from $52K to $50K

Biweekly (every 2 weeks) pays 26 checks/year, not 24 — so biweekly gross ≠ semi-monthly gross

Salaried roles usually pay semi-monthly (24 checks) while hourly roles usually pay biweekly (26) — the distinction matters for budgeting

A useful shortcut: hourly rate × 2 ≈ salary in thousands at 2,000 hours (e.g. $30/hr ≈ $60K/yr, $50/hr ≈ $100K/yr)

This tool computes gross pay only — subtract ~20-30% for federal + state + FICA taxes to estimate take-home

For freelance or contract rates, bump the hourly number by roughly 30% to cover self-employment tax, health insurance, and unpaid vacation

US full-time employment is standardized at 40 hours per week × 52 weeks per year = 2,080 hours. Multiplying any hourly rate by 2,080 gives a quick annual salary estimate: $15/hr = $31,200, $25/hr = $52,000, $50/hr = $104,000, $100/hr = $208,000. If the worker takes two weeks of unpaid time off, the divisor drops to 2,000 hours (40 × 50), and the same hourly rates yield $30K, $50K, $100K, and $200K respectively — a cleaner mental shortcut for contractors and freelancers.

Inverted, every $2,080 of annual salary equals $1/hour at full-time. So a $52,000 salary ÷ 2,080 = $25/hr, $75,000 / 2,080 = $36.06/hr, $100,000 / 2,080 = $48.08/hr, and $150,000 / 2,080 = $72.12/hr. For a quick sanity check on a salaried offer vs an hourly consulting rate, divide the salary by 2,000 (a cleaner mental number) and you land within ~4% of the true hourly equivalent.

The same annual salary produces different paycheck amounts depending on pay frequency. Weekly (52 checks): annual ÷ 52. Biweekly (26 checks): annual ÷ 26. Semi-monthly (24 checks): annual ÷ 24. Monthly (12 checks): annual ÷ 12. Quarterly (4 checks): annual ÷ 4. A $60,000 salary pays $1,153.85 weekly, $2,307.69 biweekly, $2,500.00 semi-monthly, $5,000 monthly, and $15,000 quarterly — same annual, different cadence.

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